Concerts

LIL WAYNE at COMFORT DENTAL | 8.30.11It took some time to assemble Lil Wayne’s intricate setup, but as the staging was being put together, people were happily singing along to Cee-Lo’s “Fuck You” and waiting patiently. When the curtain dropped and Weezy F.’s DJ appeared on a platform up high,…

Although Scream (due at the Marquis Theater tonight with Trees and Glass Hits) may be best known as the group Dave Grohl was in before Nirvana, the Washington D.C. hardcore veterans have a story that began long before the Foo Fighters mastermind joined. In fact, it wasn’t until the group’s…

August was a hell of a month for shows and while we had plenty of touring acts come through, the reunion show was king this month with three, yes, three separate reunion shows. We’re pretty nostalgic here in Denver, apparently. We’ve got so many photos from the month, you probably…

So tonight Deadmau5 is due at Red Rocks with Excision, Tommy Lee and DJ Aero. If you caught Deadmau5’s last fall at the Fillmore Auditorium or shortly thereafter within the decidedly more intimate confines of Beta Nightclub, then you’re well aware of what sort of Mau5-hysteria awaits you tonight. If…

Austin’s Krum Bums (due tonight at the Marquis Theater with the Bad Engrish, Potato Pirates and Thee S.O.B.’s) has seen its share of line-up changes over the years. Regardless of revolving players, the band — which takes its name from a Simpsons’ reference — led by founding members, vocalist Dave…

In a somewhat hilarious and sad piece of news, China has just issued a list of songs they deem as a threat to their national cultural security. The bulk of the list consists of Chinese and Taiwanese artists, but a few American acts slipped in as well, including Lady Gaga,…

This past February, Tony LoVerde and his girlfriend, Megan Fong, were waiting at a stoplight when out of nowhere, a car traveling at about fifty to sixty miles per hour slammed into the back of their vehicle. LoVerde says the other driver never even slowed down. Fong suffered a severe…

Denver’s pedal-powered party vehicles just hit the streets a few months ago, but the road’s been a little bumpy. Denver Pedal Bar was the first sixteen-person bike to start wheeling and dealing, but the company has already changed its name to Denver Patio Ride. “Pedal Pub attorneys wrote them letters…

For a long time, “dance punk” was a bit of a fashionable joke in music. The guys in Ideal Fathers (playing a farewell show this Saturday, September 3, at the Larimer Lounge) ditched the fashion by really, truly not caring about looking foolish and ridiculous, as long as they didn’t…

Someone is bound to compare Balkans to the Strokes because of the spiky, jangly guitar sound and the vocals, which are just shy of crooning. But these guys won’t care. Why should they? Not yet 21, they’re still discovering what their group is about, even as they’ve established a musical…

As Band of Horses has evolved, its sound has become more grandiose and cosmic, like gauzy, gently trippy clouds floating over Ben Bridwell’s naked-soul lyrics. It’s the kind of introspective but dreamily textured and expansive stuff that seems tailor-made for soundtracks and cameo appearances. And indeed, the band’s tracks have…

Dutch producer and DJ Sander Kleinenberg exploded onto the international dance-music scene in 1999 with the release of his 4 Seasons EP, Pt. 1, which contained the ethereal, richly textured “My Lexicon.” One of the finest progressive house records ever made, the track was prominently featured on Sasha’s Global Underground…

With a name that is an amalgamation of “gang” and “aliens,” this Sacramento band has often been lumped in with the summery surf/garage pop that’s been popular of late. But there’s more of the Chills and Echo & the Bunnymen than Best Coast in the act’s freewheeling, driving guitar rock…

Nobody files more frivolous lawsuits than Lindsay Lohan. Her legal grounds are fucking weaker than Kreayshawn. That was a battle rap I just made up about Kreayshawn and Lindsay Lohan (conveniently, their names sort of rhyme) acting like a couple of shameful little pussies — but although my skillz are…

“Lower Than Life, High as the Sky,” the opening track on Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire’s new EP, is built on a foundation of death metal and grind, with a sound that’s stripped down to its rawest components. The ascending guitar line in “Garbage” makes the music…

Every now and then, an album is released that is so bizarre, you have to seriously wonder if it’s real or a joke. The jury’s still out on Pyramids, Delux’s latest offering, but the latter seems the more likely bet. Pyramids finds Delux in the midst of churning out a…

Free Radt co-founder Jeremy Barber has a background in bluegrass, classical and jazz, while singer Katz Romero has jazz roots, and their combined influences make for some intriguing music on Free Radt’s sophomore effort, Love 101. For the most part, the album is a collection of edgy hard rock mixed…

It’s hard for Paper Bird (due at the Boulder Theater, with Dovekins, for the Long Spoon showcase on September 8) to do wrong — especially on a live record like Carry On, where the band’s signature chorus of voices is captured so perfectly in real time. In collaboration with Ballet…

If you’ve been to one of the three previous Pitch a Tent parties — the Treehouse Collective’s annual adieu to summer — then you already know what to expect, which is bangin’, sultry house beats amid beautiful mountain backdrops. And for this fourth anniversary of Pitch a Tent love, the…

Rising to pop prominence in the early ’80s in a whirlwind of other radio-friendly heavy metal acts, Def Leppard (due at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre tonight with Heart) pushed through the decade’s big hair trends and has been making records and touring ever since. This year’s release, Mirrorball: Live and More…